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U.S. Post Office and Government Buidling, Wilson, N.C. No. 3B310-N. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. American Art. This government building constructed in 1928 was a federal courthouse of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

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Post office and Government building, by night, Wilson, N.C. No. W-14. No. 410-29. This federal building in Wilson, NC was constructed in 1928. Today it is occupied and used as the Imagination Station Science Museum.

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US Post Office and Government Building, Wilson, N.C. No. NW-13. No. E-6638. The Wilson Federal Building served as a post office with a federal courthouse from its construction in 1928.

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US Post Office and Government Building, Winston-Salem, NC. No. W-48. No. 7A-H3004. C.T. Art Color tone. This federal building house the US Post Office, US Federal Court, US Attorney, FBI, US Marshall, Military enlistments, and the IRS. In 1937 it was…

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Post Office Building, Winston-Salem, N.C. Cost. $250,000. No. 23. No. 11676. The building was originally constructed in 1906 to be used as the City of Winston Post Office. In 1914 the city of Winston and Salem joined together to become Winston-Salem.…

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Front Street at Night, Wilmington, N.C. No. 2B-H317. Genuine Curteich Chicago, C.T. Art Colortone. Wilmington is a port city on the Cape Fear River, and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina. Front Street is…

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W-21 U. S. Post Office, Wilmingotn, N.C., No. SB4805. Located at 3916 Oleander Dr., occupied June 2, 1941.

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Post Office, Wilmington N. C., No. 73302. Located at 3916 Oleander Drive, occupied June 2, 1941. Wilmington is the seat of New Hanover County and a riverport city at the head of a narrow penisular between Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. It is…

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W-4 U. S. Custom Hosue, Wilmingotn, N. C. , The firs Wilmingotn NC "Custom House" was destroyed in a waterfront fire in 1840. It was replaced by a second "Custom House" which lasted until being demolished in 1915. The third "Custom's House/United…

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Revenue Cutter at Custom House Pier, Wilmington , N. C. . The first Wilmington NC "Custom House" was destroyed in a waterfront fire in 1840. It was replaced by a second "Custom House" which lasted until being demolished in 1915. The third "Custom's…

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U. S. Post Office, Wilmington N. C. , No. 1038. U. S. Pot Office and Courthouse is a historic building, located in Wilmington, North Carolina. It was designed by Alfred Eichberg. The post office and courthouse was erected in 1892 at corner of 3rd…

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N. W.-16 Federal Building, Wilkesboro, N.C., No. E-5200. Federal Building, also known as the Wilkes County Board of Education Building, is a historic government building located at Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was designed by the…

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U. S. Post Office, Waynesville, North Carolina, 53514-No. 323. U. S. Post Office Building, is a historic post office building located at Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917, and is a two story, brick rectangular building…

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379-U. S. Post Office, Waynesville, N. C. . U. S. Post Office Building, is a historic post office building located at Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917, and is a two story, brick rectangular building in the Classical…

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W-11 U. S. Post Office, Washington , N. C.. Built in 1913, extension completed in 1937. U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (1913-1992). This was the first Post Office in the United States to be named "Washington", and was…

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Post Office, Washington, N. C. -3, No. 10639. Built in 1913, extension completed in 1937. U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (1913-1992). Points of historic interest, scenic beauty, a navigable river, excellent…

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U. S. Post Office, Southern Pines, N. C., The library is shown at the right. No. OB-H799. Located at 190 S. W. Broad Street, occupied June 2, 1942. Library shown at right, given Memorial Library and Tuft Archives. Mr. Wm. F. Kearis Jr., 5254 Osage…

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United States Post Office and Court House, Statesville, N. C., No. 9A268. Built in 1939. U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (1939- present). Mrs. I. D. Smith, Pulaski Wa Route 3 Box 162B, 6.30 {...} Saturday night Hello…

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US Post Office, Salisbury, N.C. No. 18. No. 4B-H1482. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. Art Color tone. This historic Rowan County Post Office and Federal Courthouse was built in 1910 and is located in downtown Salisbury. Renovations and restoration of…

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Night time scene of U.S. Post Office, Shelby, N.C. No. S-7. No. E-4290. Built between 1916 and 1917. This Classical Revival building was designed by architect James A. Whetmore and cost $65,000 to build. The post office opened on Dec. 11, 1917. The…

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Post Office, Rocky Mount, N.C. No. RM-22. No. 73503. Built in 1914. This post office is part of the town's historic preservation. It has been renovated and waits for someone to buy it.

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U.S. Post Office, Rocky Mount, N.C. No. 5. No. OB57-N. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. American Art. This historic post office building was constructed in 1914 with 18,000 square feet. It is no longer a post office. Postmarked May 4, 1948 with a one…

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Post Office, Rocky Mount, N.C. No. A-67000. C.T. Amreican Art. Located at 200 Tarboro Street. Messge on Back: Dear Etta. Got your letter of Oct. 6, & will try to answer it soon, but h.a. is taking all my spare time just now. These cards will…

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United States Post Office, Reidsville, N.C. No. R-6. No 8A745. C.T. American Art. This post office was built in 1936 with New Deal funds. It is located at 230 W. Morehead Street. There was a mural there painted in 1938 called Tobacco. Today the…

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United States PostOffice and Courthouse, Raleigh, North Carolina, No. R-64. First Federal Government Building project in teh South following the Civil War. Construction began in 1874 and was completed in 1878. After completion of the building, local…

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Fayetteville Street Looking North From Davis St., Raleigh, N.C., No. A-70477. Fayetteville Street was the main thoroughfare south the state capitol in the early 20th century, but by the 1950s, parallel streets had become more heavily traveled. In…

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U. S. Post Office, Raleigh, N. C., No. 4B-H324. First Federal Government Building project in the South following the Civil War. Construction began in 1874 and was completed in 1878. After completion of the building, local offices of federla agencies,…

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U. S. Post Office, Raleigh, N.C.. No. 57519. First Federal Government Building project in the South following the Civil War. Construction began in 1874 and was completed in 1878. After completion of the building, local offices of federal agencies,…

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Raleigh, N.C. U. S. Government Building and Wake Co. Court House.No. 5071. This Post Office Building was the first to be erected in the South after the Civil War and cost about $400,000. Wake Co. was created in 1771, but the first Court House was not…

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Post Office, Oxford, N.C., A-78235. Occupied from 1930-1945.

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N. W. - 17 United States Post Office, North Wilkesboro, N.C., No. E-5201. Built and occupied in 1935. This building no longer serves as a post office, but is being converted into the Wilkes Art Gallery.

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U.S. Post Office, New Bern, N.C. No. 14. No. 6A269-N. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. American Art. This building was completed in 1935 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 within the New Historic District. Built on the…

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Post Office, New Bern, NC. No. 73516. Tichnor Quality Views. This post office built in 1897 with a bulky outsized square clock tower became a municipal building in 1936. Postmarked Jan. 2, 1946 with a one cent stamp. Message on back: Dear Blanche…

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Post Office, New Bern, N.C. No. A-98891. C.T. American Art. This building was originally built in 1897 by the federal government to house a post office, federal courthouse and custom house.

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United States Post Office, Mount Airy, N.C, No. MA-3. No. E-6256. This was a New Deal post office built and occupied June 2, 1937. It is located at 111 S. Main Street.

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US Post Office, Morehead City, N.C. No. 1B582-N. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. American Art. Morehead City is in Carteret County near neighboring Beaufort, NC. This building was probably built in the early 1900s.

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United States Post Office, Marion, N.C. No. M-1. No. E-5196. This post office building was occupied July 30, 1944. The first postmaster was S. Bulun Irvin. The building is now occupied by the McDowell County Public Library.

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U.S. Post Office, Madison, N.C. Built in 1940. It was constructed with New Deal Funds. There was a mural inside named Early Summer in North Carolina by Jean Watson. The building is located at 129 West Murphy Street or 302 Highway Street. The building…

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U.S. Post Office, Lumberton, N.C. No. 15109. Silvercraft. Built in 1931. This post office was designed by James A. Wetmore in the Beaux Arts style. A rear addition was added in 1965. It has been renovated since then and is the home for law offices.…

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Post Office, Lexington, N. C. , No. A-96627. The Old Post Office and the former Davidson County Courthouse, built in 1911-1912 is known to be one of the most architecturally important buildings in the Uptown Lexington Historic District. The building…

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L-10 United States Post Office, Lenoir, N.C., No. E-5852. James A. Wetmore was the supervising architect for the Classical Revival style, five bay, two story on basement, five toone common bond brickk U. S. Post Office at 1002 West Avenue, completed…

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K-7-U. S. Post Office, Kinston, N. C., No. 2A650-N. Construction began January 1915, occupied January 1916.

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H-8-United States Post Office, High Point, N. C.. Built in 1932, the district historic building sits at 103 East Green Drive and South Main Street in downtown, High Point, North Carolina. This former U. S> Post Office was converted into furniture…

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U. S. Post Office, High Point, N. C., Built in 1932, the district historic building sits at 103 East Green Drive and South Main Street in downtown, High Point, North Carolina. This former U. S. Post Office was converted into furniture showroom space…

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U. S. Post Office, High Point, N. C., No. 137515. Built in 1932, the district historic building sits at 103 East Green Drive and South Main Street in downtown, High Point, North Carolina. This former U. S. Post Office was converted into furniture…

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Post Office High Point, N. C. - 25, No. 6629. Built in 1932, the district historic building sits at 103 East Green Drive and South Main Street in downtown, High Point, North Carolina. This former U. S. Post Office was converted into furniture…

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United States Post Office, High Point, North Carolina.. Built in 1932, the district historic building sits at 103 East Green Drive and South Main Street in downtown, High Point, North Carolina. This former U. S. Post Office was converted into…

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Post Office, High Point, N.C. No. 18982. Occupied in 1915. The building was a post office and then a public library. It was a library until a new one was built in 2017. Message on back: Dear Florence - What are you doing these days? I'm having the…

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Post Office, High Point, N.C. No. 5. No. 17372. Built in 1915. It became a public library building. Message on back: if every thing goes like it did today I will be home Sat or Sunday. Love to all.

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United States Post Office, Hickory, N.C. No. h-16. No. E-5344. Photo by Gilley. This post office is one of Hickory's finest architectural monuments. A new postal facility was built in 1961 and is connected to the original building. This building now…

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Post Office, Hickory, NC. No. H-6. No. 11163. C.T. American Art Colored. The post office was built in 1913 and occupied in 1914. It was designed by Oscar Wendworth in the Classical Revival style.

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224-Post Office, Hendersonville, North Carolina. No. 47738. The Hendersonville post office was completed in January 1915 and occupied on January 31, 1915. Located at the southeast corner of Church Street and 4th Avenue, the structure cost $64,000. In…

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Post Office, Henderson N.C., NO. A-78131. Currently used as Henry A. Dennis County Office Building 300 S. Garnett Street

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U. S. Post Office, Henderson, N. C. - 2, No. 5622. Currently used as Henry A. Dennis County Office Building 300 S. Garnett Street.

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Post Office, Henderson, N. C., , currently used as Henry A. Dennis County Office Building 300 S. Garnett Street. Mr. Wm G. Walliek, Wrightsville, Pa., Dear papa, I am down in Henderson N.C. with Mr. White's People. Given we will go to Narlina N.C.…

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H-18 Post Office, Grimshawes N.C., Smallest Post Office in the U. S. A., No. E-7382. The tiny 5 foot by 6 foot Grimshawes office served from 1878 until 1953. Before becoming the "Grimshawes" post office in 1909, it operated as Whiteside Cove starting…

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G-12, West Market Street Methodist Church, Greensboro, N.C., No. 1B-H1868, is one of the oldest chrches in Greensboro North Carolina, over 175 years old. The church was built in 1893 and is located at 302 W. Market St in downtown Greensboro across…

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US Post Office and Courthouse, Greensboro, NC. No. 3A330. C.T. American Art. In 1988 this building was renamed the L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building for a US Representative and District Court judge. It is a courthouse for the Middle District of…

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United States Post Office and Court House, Greensboro, NC. No. 3A330-N. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. American Art. This post office was completed in 1933. It is located at 324 West Market Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic…

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Post office and U.S. Court House, Greensboro, NC. No. A1605. Occupied in 1987. The land for the building was secured on May 1, 1883 for $13,000. A new postal facility was built in 1966 but this building still stands and still houses a station of the…

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Post Office, Greensboro, N.C. No. A 12148. Built from 1885 to 1887. The post office and United States courts building was located at the corner of East Market and South Elm streets. It was occupied on Mar. 1, 1887 and cost $52,688. An addition was…

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Greensboro, N. C. U. S. Court House and Post Office, No. 5171. Occupied March 1, 1887, the cost of construction being $852,688.23. It is constructed of brick, and contains a cubic space of 288,659 feet. In 1904 it was enlarged, a third story being…

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G11-United States Post Office, Gastonia, N.C., No. 61574. Gastonia's new post office building, corner York and Main, erected in 1936, with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. It is also the site of Francis Speight's 1938…

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U. S. Post Office, Gastonia, N. C. -5, No. 933N, was completed in 1935, with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. It is also the site of Francis Speight's 1938 mural, "Cotton Field and Spinning Mill."

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Post Office, Gastonia, N.C. A-61898, was completed in 1935, with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. It is also the site of Francis Speight's 1938 mural, "Cotton Field and Spinning Mill."

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U.S. Post Office, Forest City, N.C. No. FC-4. No. E-4286. Built in 1937. This Post office building was constructed in the Colonial Revival style during the Works Progress Administration program. There was a bas relief entitled Rural Delivery created…

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United States Post Office, Franklin, NC. No. F-3. No. E-8013. Built in 1935. This post office was located at 104 East Main Street. It is now home to the Macon County Veterans Affairs and Emergency Services.

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Post Office, Fayetteville, N.C. No. 3552. Photo color. Built between 1909-1911. The building was used as a post office until the 1960s when it was turned into a public library branch. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Post Office, Fayetteville, N.C. No. 6. No. 21149. Built between 1909-1911. Located in Cumberland County this historic post office was built in the Classical Revival style. A wing was added in 1935. Today it is used as a public library.

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U.S. Post Office, Elkin, N.C. No. E-1. No. E-4957. Built between 1937 and 1938. The post office which was occupied on April 7, 1938 was built with federal funds as part of the post-Depression recovery. Federal architect Louis A. Simon and engineer…

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EC-11 U. S. Post Office and Government Building, Elizabeth City, N.C., No 8A-H2781. Built in 1906, named the J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse in 2009. The building was occupied by U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern…

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D-3 U.S.. Post Office, Durham, N.C., No. 4A327. Located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street. Build and occupied for 1933 - present. The Post Office was designed in a monumental Neoclassical Revival style. Doric columns and pilasters dominate the exterior…

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United States Post Office, Dunn, North Carolina.. Located on the southeast corner of Lucknow Road and West Broad Street, the former Dunn Post Office was constructed using WPA funds. This single story Colonial Revival style building with basement has…

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United States Post Office, Concord, N.C. No. 61571. Tichnor Quality Views. The Post office was built between 1939 and 1942. It had a mural installed named The Spirit of North Carolina. The St. James Lutheran church bought the vacated Post Office…

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U.S. Assay Office, Charlotte, N.C. No. 1116. Occupied in 1846. The establishment of a mint at Charlotte was authorized in 1835 and a building was built at W 4th St. and W. Trade St. It burned in 1844 and this building was constructed between 1845 and…

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Mint Museum Of Art, Charlotte, N.C. No. 20. No 7A-H2892. Genuine Curteich Chicago C.T. Art Colortone. Built in 1837 and utilized for many years (1837-1865) as a United States Mint, this strikingly beautiful building was demosished and rebuilt in…

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Federal Reserve Bank, Charlotte, NC. No. 15. No. 77359.Tichnor Quality Views. Opened on Jan. 20, 1942. This building is located at 401 S. Tryon Street. The Federal Reserve Bank in Charlotee started on De. 1, 1927 in the old First Naional Bank…

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Post Office and monument to Lieut William E. Shipp, Killed at the Battle of Santiago, Charlotte, NC. No. 15030. Lt. William Shipp died on July 1, 1898. The monument reads 'Amongst a grove the very straightest plant. William Ewen Shipp, First…

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Post Office, erected in 1917, Chapel Hill, N.C. No. 92100. C.T. American Art Colored. The building is located at 179 East Franklin Street and it was renovated in 1937. It is still in use as a post office, courthouse, and public space in the basement.

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US Post Office, Burlington, NC. No. 0B203-N. Built in 1936. Genuine Curteich Chicago American Art post card. The Post Office/Federal building is located at 430 South Spring Street. It was designed in a mixture of the Classical Revival and Modern or…

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U.S. Post Office , Burlington, N.C. No. 6. No. 8619 N. Built in 1934. Located in Alamance County.

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U.S. Post Office at night, Brevard, N.C. No. N-472. No. E-3040. Opened in 1941 the structure featured a large central door with a classical surround under a segmental arch. Today the building is a public library.

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United States Post Office, Brevard, N.C. No. N-471. No. E-5039. This Post office began operating in January 1941. It was built in the Federal/Greek Revival style. The building served as the post office until 1972 when it moved to a new building. In…

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B-1, U.S. Post Office, Boone N. C., Altitude 3,333 Feet. E-4479. U. S. Post Office is a historic post office building located at 679 W. King Street, Boone, Watauga County. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A.…

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314, U.S. Post Office, Boone, N.C., No. 5B-H163. U. S. Post Office is a historic post office building located at 679 W. King Street, Boone, Watauga County. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon and built in…

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U. S. Post Office, Beaufort, N.C., No. 8A775. Built 1937, occupied November 2, 1942, located at 701 Front Street. Mary Antone 192 W. 11th St Eugene, Oregon. Thanks for the card. Sincerely, Anita Toler 501 E. 8th St., Greenville, N.C.

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KA 10, U.S. Post Office and Government Building, Asheville, N.C., No. 90540. The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse buildign was built in 1929. The building is currently occupied by the U.S. Courthouse and other government agencies, including Social…

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364, Nightitme scene showing Grove's Arcade Building and Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N.C. The hotel was erected in 1887 by Edwin W. Grove. The hotel continued in operation untiil 1972. The Arcade Building was completed in 1929. In 1942, the…

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N319, The Arcade Building and Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N.C., No. 46671.The 14 story Batery Park Hotel stands as an architectural and historic monument to Asheville's tourism and development boom of the 1920s. The hotel was erected in 1887 by…

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Post Office, Asheville, N.C. No. B-27. No. A-12449. C.T. Photochrom. The original floor space was 384,851 feet. It was occupied by the postal service, internal revenue service and the US courts.

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Post Office, Asheville, N.C. in the Land of the Sky. No. 909/91. No. 91. The Post office was authorized and appropriated for on May 19, 1888 and the cost of construction was $99,255. The nickname for Asheville, NC is the Land of the Sky.

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Post Office, Asheville Club, Asheville, N.C. No. A5621. The Post office and Court house was built 1888 and 1892. The Miles Building was buillt in 1901 as the gathering place for the all male Asheville Club. Renovations were made in the 1920s. Today…

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U.S. Post Office by night, Asheville, N.C. No. A-44. No. E-7888. Located on the corner of Post and Otis Streets. This was built as a modernistic style building. Message on back: March 11, 1950. Saturday. Asheville N.C. Age 15.

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US Post Office and Government building, Asheville, NC. No. A-10. No. E-6710. Built in 1929. It was the Post Office, Federal building and Courthouse. Now it is occupied by the US Courthouse and other government agencies such as the Social Security…

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Post Office Building and Grounds, Asheville, N.C.-3. (In the Land of the Sky) No. 22851N. Asheville, the Capital of western North Carolina, where every scene is a picture, the most perfect all year playground and pleasure resort ini America. Placed…

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Panoramic View of General Accounting Office, Postal Accounts Division (Formerly Arcade Building), Asheville, N.C. , Citizens-Times Building at left in rear and Battery Park Hotel at right. No. E. 6966. Mrs. P.A. Baurron 1135 S. Laurence St.…
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